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File:Japanese shooting blindfolded Sikh prisoners.jpg

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English: ATROCITIES CARRIED OUT BY JAPANESE FORCES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

WAR OFFICE, CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND AMERICAN SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION

Japanese soldiers shooting Sikh prisoners who are sitting blindfolded in a rough semi-circle about 20 yards away. Photographs found among Japanese records when British troops entered Singapore.
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IWMLondonThumbnail.jpg This is photograph SE 4819 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Author Imperial War Museum
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